Canadian national women’s volleyball team launches 18-day South - Central American tour with victory

PUAN, Argentina- Canada’s national women’s volleyball team launched its 18-day South- Central American tour with a 16-25. 26-24, 25-23, 16-25, 15-8 victory over Argentina on Monday night. It’s the first in a five-match series this week between the two countries.

The Canadians are currently tuning up for the FIVB women’s world volleyball championships October 29 to November 14 in Japan.

"Our goals for this tour are to focus on us and on our game without being focused too much on the result," said Canada’s head coach Arnd Ludwig. "We have worked a lot on our attack using the block. We also worked a lot in minimizing our errors on the court and I hope we can transfer the good practices on the court for these matches."

Canada is fielding a 14-member team for the tour lead by team captain Tammy Mahon of Holland, Man., Sarah Pavan of Kitchener, Ont., and Tiffany Dodds of Lucky Lake, Sask. After Argentina, the Canadians also head to Peru and Costa Rica for four more matches.